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Emperor, empress attend IBA annual meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko raise their glasses during a reception for an annual meeting of the International Bar Association in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2014, a day before the empress' 80th birthday. About 4,000 lawyers from around 130 countries are attending the six-day meeting.

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Emperor, empress attend IBA annual meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the opening ceremony for an annual meeting of the International Bar Association in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2014. About 4,000 lawyers from around 130 countries are attending the six-day meeting.

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Emperor, empress attend IBA annual meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend the opening ceremony for an annual meeting of the International Bar Association in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2014, a day before the empress' 80th birthday. About 4,000 lawyers from around 130 countries are attending the six-day meeting.

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Nissan to sell Datsun vehicles in India

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference at the Nissan headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on March 21, 2012. He said the automaker plans to release a model under its revived Datsun brand in India for about $4,000, or around 330,000 yen.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A family with a baby who fled from the massive flooding in Thailand continue taking refuge at Don Muang airport, northern Bangkok, on Nov. 15, 2011. More than 4,000 people had taken shelter at the airport but most of them moved to other locations in late October after the airport itself was flooded. About 450 people were staying at the airport as of mid-November.

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Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

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Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

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Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

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Half year after disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - About 200 people call for an end to nuclear power during a demonstration in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

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Ceremony ahead of Yakushiji pagoda renovation

NARA, Japan - A wooden plate is brought out from the east pagoda of Yakushiji, a Buddhist temple listed as a World Heritage site in Japan's ancient capital of Nara, during a ceremony on June 25, 2011, ahead of the pagoda's renovation this summer. About 4,000 people gathered to watch the ceremony.

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Itai picked as Japan entrant for Miss Universe 2010 pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Maiko Itai (2nd from R) wipes tears after being named Miss Japan at a hotel in Tokyo on March 9, 2010. Itai, who lives in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, was picked from 11 contestants in the final round of the Japanese beauty pageant, which had about 4,000 applicants, and will go to the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant in July.

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Itai picked as Japan entrant for Miss Universe 2010 pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Maiko Itai reacts after being named Miss Japan at a hotel in Tokyo on March 9, 2010. Itai, who lives in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, was picked from 11 contestants in the final round of the Japanese beauty pageant, which had about 4,000 applicants, and will go to the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant in July.

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Emperor hands out gov't spring decorations at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) hands out the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest honor in this spring's decorations awarded by the Japanese government, to former Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Etsuya Washio (2nd from R) as Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) looks on at the Imperial Palace on May 8. Washio was among seven recipients who were given the highest award this spring. About 4,000 people were awarded spring decorations for their contributions to the nation and public in various fields such as politics, business, and arts and culture. (Pool photo)

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Japanese fishermen head off to Russian waters to gather kelp

KUSHIRO, Japan - A fleet of Japanese fishing boats head toward the Russian-held Kaigara island off northeastern Hokkaido on June 1 to gather kelp, a giant seaweed extensively used in Japanese cooking. Sent off by their families who gathered at Cape Nosappu, about 250 Hokkaido fishing boats set off for the kelp grounds, about 3.7 kilometers away from Nosappu. Japanese fishermen paid 97.6 million yen to Russian authorities this year for the kelp-gathering rights. The amount of kelp to be gathered this season is set at 4,000 tons.

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JT to cut 4,000 jobs, close 1-3rd of factories

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) President Katsuhiko Honda speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6. He bared a medium-term management plan, in which the company will solicit applications for early retirement from about 4,000 employees and close about a third of its tobacco-manufacturing plants.

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American reaches Okinawa ending walking trip through Japan

NAHA, Japan - Gregory Michel, a 28-year-old American environmentalist, holds a bouquet at the Peace Memorial Park in the southern Okinawa city of Itoman on Dec. 14 after completing a two-year trip walking through Japan. Michel, a staff member of a private educational organization on the environment, began the trip sponsored by his organization, the World School Network in Tokyo, in September 1999 and spent about 300 days walking more than 4,000 kilometers through Japan, while living in a tent.

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4,000 attend funeral for former Prime Minister Takeshita

KAKEYA, Japan - About 4,000 people, including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley and former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil, attend a funeral for former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita at a Kakeya municipal gymnasium in his hometown of Kakeya, Shimane Prefecture, on July 29. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, who chairs the funeral committee for Takeshita, said in a memorial address, weeping, ''He returned to dust in Shimane at last.''

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Homeless people march in Tokyo

About 400 homeless people march in Tokyo May 1 to call for better support facilities for the homeless, handing a petition signed by 1,8000 homeless people to Tokyo Gov. Yukio Aoshima. Official estimate puts the number of homeless persons in Tokyo at more than 4,000.